Are Delaware’s state and local tax burdens too much to bear for it’s wealthiest citizens?
Dr John E. Stapleford, Director at the Caesar Rodney Institute Center for Economic Policy and Analysis takes that position in his most recent Analytics publication.
The data is clear; rising state and local tax burdens drive wealthy households from states. The steadily rising state and local tax burden in Delaware is problematic.
The most recent data from the Tax Foundation shows that Delaware is driving out wealthy residents by raising its state and local tax burden.
Every year the Tax Foundation calculates each state-local tax burden as a percentage of the state’s per capita income. Since 2001 Delaware’s tax burden has risen from 8.1% (40th lowest among the states) to 9.6% in 2009 (23rd among the states). Since the research literature shows that over time households vote with their feet, a rising tax burden is a good incentive to leave a state.
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Rising tax burden driving wealthy from Delaware (PDF)
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